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8003 Week 10 Your Philosophy

tim@themindlab.com (Tim Gander, The Mind Lab by Unitec) — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 22:02:00 -0700

This week Tim is joined by Jay Allnutt, CEO of Teach First NZ: Ako Mātātupu. Jay started his career as a secondary school teacher and has worked in middle leadership roles in schools serving lower-income communities. He is also an ambassador (alumnus) of Teach First in UK. He joined Teach First NZ: Ako Mātātupu as Director of Strategy and Operations in 2014 after a number of years working with Teach First in London. Jay has founded three charities focused on reducing inequality in education in England and Aotearoa New Zealand, and holds an MSc in the Economics of Education and an MA in Philosophy. In 2017 Jay’s MSc dissertation, the first independent quantitative evaluation of the Teach First programme in the UK, was published in the British Educational Research Journal. He is currently a doctoral student in the school of critical studies at the University of Auckland, and his research focuses on our understanding of inequality around the world, and the purpose of public education. In the podcast Tim and Jay discuss how to establish and test your educational philosophy and the importance of voicing this and reflecting on the relevance of your philosophy.

8003 Week 9 Wider Perspectives

tim@themindlab.com (Tim Gander, The Mind Lab by Unitec) — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 22:18:00 -0700

This week Te Mihinga and Tim are joined by Milla Inkila, who is the Mind Lab’s Postgraduate Director in the Waikato Region to talk about the wider perspectives in global education. Milla teaches in Rotorua, Hamilton, Cambridge, Tauranga and to be exact all around our beautiful country when there is the opportunity. She has been working for the Mind Lab for 4 years now, and still calls it her dream job. She’s excited about the opportunities of technology in and outside education. Although, she is just as into humans, and how they learn together no matter their age.

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8003 Week 8 Safe Spaces To Learn

tim@themindlab.com (Tim Gander, The Mind Lab by Unitec) — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 20:19:00 -0700

This week Te Mihinga and Tim talk to Pania Huata - nō Ngāti Apakura, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou hoki - who is the Māori Studies HoC at Melville High School in Hamilton and is an experienced secondary school English & Māori medium teacher. She has also worked as a learning advisor for Te Kura, a facilitator for CORE Education and a lecturer at Te Kura Toi Tangata, the University of Waikato.

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8003 Week 7 Communicating with learners and their communities

tim@themindlab.com (Tim Gander, The Mind Lab by Unitec) — Sun, 10 Jun 2018 01:48:00 -0700

This week Tim joins Ryan Tapsell and Kahu Falaoa from Gisborne Boys High School (Tūranga Tāne) to talk about how we can create the relationships we need to establish to really value the intrinsic abilities that many of our learners have, but are not always valued by the traditional school system.

Ryan (left) and Kahu (right) Tūranga Tāne

Audio file here.

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8003 Week 5 Innovative and Effective Teaching

tim@themindlab.com (Tim Gander, The Mind Lab by Unitec) — Sun, 27 May 2018 02:10:00 -0700

This week Tim is joined by Morgan Ngata who teaches Maths and Science at Rītana, Lytton High School. Morgan has taught for the last eight years in a variety of schools and has taken on the challenge of ensuring success as Māori in a range of settings. In this podcast Morgan talks about some of the innovative and effective teaching strategies he has applied, ranging from ‘kaiology’ to the Tiarāwhiti Voyaging Trust. If you are interested in following up on any of the ideas or were interested in contacting Morgan have a look at his Twitter.

Ko Hikurangi toku maunga

Ko Waiapu toku awa

Ko Horouta toku waka

Ko Ngati Porou toku iwi

Ko Hinerupe toku hapu

Ko Karuwai toku marae

Ko Ngata toku whanau

Ko Morgan taku ingoa

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8003 Week 4 Critical Pedagogy

tim@themindlab.com (Tim Gander, The Mind Lab by Unitec) — Sun, 20 May 2018 02:24:00 -0700

Tim is joined by Dr. Louise Taylor. Louise began her career as a teacher later managing a youth alternative education facility. Most of her working life has been in the tertiary education sector working with teachers and educational leaders to support and grow innovation and equity in their settings. Louise has a PhD in teacher professional learning for progressive social change and she is resolute about positioning social justice and equity at the centre of her work. She is currently working as a research and education consultant with contracts in management, research, design thinking and mentoring.

In the podcast after Tim somehow manages to talk about Rage Against the Machine, and the film The Matrix, Tim and Louise talk about practical steps to take to put Critical Pedagogy at the heart of your practice. A particularly interesting point to note is Louise talking about elevating your knowledge to a certain level of expertise, as many of you have in your most recent qualifications, then letting it go and acknowledging a different perspective, this is why you are so perfectly positioned to incorporate Critical Pedagogy into your practice. Frierie stated the only way to use that knowledge was through dialogue and then you can combine what you don’t know. Louise gives an excellent example of the value of knowledge in the podcast that you might like to try in your classes, as well as a way to address behavioral challenges through critical pedagogy.

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8003 Week 3 Voices in the room

tim@themindlab.com (Tim Gander, The Mind Lab by Unitec) — Fri, 11 May 2018 01:30:00 -0700

In the podcast this week we hear from Dr. Michelle Johanssen of TeachFirst NZ Ako Matatupu and Agnes Milford alumnus of Tangaroa College. Michelle has worked in middle and senior management. She has also worked for the Ministry of Education as an NCEA marker; as Pasifika Advisor for the development of Teaching and Learning Curriculum Guides and in research and report writing on Pasifika Professional Learning and Development.

Michelle is the managing director and playwright of the critically acclaimed Black Friar's theatre company who work to challenge dominant stereotypes surrounding Pasifika people. In this role she has written and directed productions and programmes in theatres, schools, youth prison and communities around Aotearoa. As a company, the Black Friars have been contracted to the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Social Development to design and administer theatre programmes that promote social justice. Agnes is a leader and part of South Side Rise, currently looking at youth justice however in this podcast Aggie focusses on her time at Tangaroa College. We explore what it means to challenge stereotypes in culture as well as the theme, listening to the voices in the room. In the podcast Michelle refers to 'polycultural capital' which is a term that is explored by Dr. Karlo Mila-Schaaf and is available here.

The link to the Black Friar's is here, the article that Tim talks about at the beginning of the podcast is here.

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8003 Week 2 New Zealand Education

tim@themindlab.com (Tim Gander, The Mind Lab by Unitec) — Fri, 4 May 2018 19:52:00 -0700

This week Tim is joined by Karen Spencer to talk about policy and practice in New Zealand Education. Karen has had over a decade leading national education initiatives as a senior consultant, but is now delighted to have returned to where the rubber hits the road as Deputy Principal at Wellington High School. Karen is internationally recognised for leadership in networked professional development, digitally technologies, and inclusive learning. She has written for Education HQ, the Education Review, several NZ academic journals and blogs, including her own (karenmelhuishspencer.com). She is an inspiring keynote and has presented at conferences in NZ and overseas. Connect with her on Twitter (@virtuallykaren).

(Spencer, 2018)

The links to the articles mentioned in the podcast are here;

Katie Fitzpatrick: Tomorrow's Schools review by yesterday's experts

Auckland schools 'could do better' for Esol students, says Education Review Office

Charter school parents protest outside PM Jacinda Ardern's electorate office

Funding model for high-needs students 'broken': Greerton Village principal and BOT chair

Link to audio file here

Spencer, K. (2018). About. [online] karen spencer. Available at: https://karenmelhuishspencer.com/about/ [Accessed 5 May 2018].

In session with Karen

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8003 Week 1 Te Tiriti o Waitangi

tim@themindlab.com (Tim Gander, The Mind Lab by Unitec) — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 02:14:00 -0700

This week we are looking at an overview of the course '8003 Society and Learning', the commitment required from participants, and some interesting korero about Te Tiriti o Waitangi with Te Mihinga Komene and Emma Thompson. We explore the current challenges in education around honoring the treaty, as well as the difference between Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Treaty of Waitangi, as well as the ambiguity of the principles compared to tangible practice-based examples of the articles within Te Tiriti.

A link to the class notes is here.

Link to the audio file

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